13 Questions With: Megan and Yusuke Fitzgibbons

February 17, 2013

Megan Fitzgibbons

Librarian, University of Western Australia Law Library

Yusuke Fitzgibbons

Assistant Professor, Edith Cowan University

Megan and Yusuke moved to Perth, Australia in December 2012. Prior to that, they were both affiliated with McGill University in Montreal – the McGill University Library (Megan) and McGill’s School of Information Studies (Yusuke).

Yusuke and Megan Fitzgibbons

A hero who has inspired you in your career?

We share a hero (with many others in the library world): Norman Horrocks.

The first job you ever held and at what age?

Megan: Babysitting at 12, then age 15 in a law firm doing photocopying, filing, etc. I started getting paper cuts early on.

Yusuke: Gas station, age 16

Your first position in the library and/or information services field?

Megan: student worker in the cadet academic library at the U.S. Air Force Academy. I shifted lots of microfiche and met great librarians.

Yusuke: my current position is the first, other than as a practicum student in Halifax.

Coolest thing in your cubicle or office?

Megan: I have a lot of geeky cool things. E.g., broadside of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science, printed at The Press at Colorado College.

Yusuke: Huge dual monitors. Also, I can see palm trees outside the window.